Colonel Benjamin Harrison
1741 - 1819 (78 years)
Generation: 1
1. Colonel Benjamin Harrison was born in 1741 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (son of Daniel B Harrison and Margaret Craven); died in 1819 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA; was buried in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- DAR/SAR: Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #: A052087 -- Sons of the American Revolution Patriot #: P-176121
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- Occupation: 1768, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; Benjamin Harrison served as a surveyor for the highway from Linville's Creek to Mole Hill
- _MILT: Abt 1776, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; American Army - Revolutionary War; Lieutenant Colonel
- _ELEC: 1781, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; Benjamin Harrison represented Rockingham as a member of the House of Delegates
- Religion: 22 Jun 1789, Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, USA; Benjamin Harrison served as a trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Harrisonburg
Colonel married Mary McClure in 1760. Mary was born on 28 Nov 1742 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1815 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- William Harrison was born in 1775 in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; died in 1841 in McLean County, Illinois, USA.
2. Daniel B Harrison was born in 1700 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, USA; died on 10 Jul 1770 in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA. Daniel married Margaret Craven. Margaret was born in 1702 in Maiden Plantation, Sussex County, Delaware, USA; died in 1783 in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Margaret Craven was born in 1702 in Maiden Plantation, Sussex County, Delaware, USA; died in 1783 in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA. Children:
- 1. Colonel Benjamin Harrison was born in 1741 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA; died in 1819 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA; was buried in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA.